Su Mengfan felt very unhappy at the thought of returning to the place where Khan had rescued him, and dragging the body of the rat-devoured Bourbon to the station, and then to the deep valley of the second tunnel.

He tried to convince himself that throwing the body into a ravine was no different from throwing it in a tunnel, neither of which could be called a burial.

But just as he was about to be convinced that everything was left as it was, Bourbon's face appeared before his eyes, and he said with extraordinary clarity, "I'm dead." ”

Su Mengfan immediately sweated profusely.

He got up with difficulty, put the machine gun on his shoulder and said, "Well, I'm leaving." I promised him that there was an agreement between us. I had to do this. Dragging his stiff legs, he began to walk out of the hallway, towards the iron staircase that connected the tunnel to the platform.

Before he could descend the stairs, he had to turn on his flashlight.

There was a rumbling sound from under the stairs, and Su Mengfan stood for a while, not wanting to take another step forward.

A strong gust of wind blew the smell of rot into his face, and for a long time his muscles did not listen to him. He tried to push himself forward.

When he conquered his fears and disgusts, he began to move on.

An arm landed heavily on his shoulder, and he screamed and spun around.

He felt unable to breathe, and he knew it was too late for him to take the machine gun off his shoulder. He didn't have time for anything left...... It turned out to be Khan.

"Don't be afraid." He said to Su Mengfan, "I'm just trying you." Don't go, your friend's body isn't there. ”

Su Mengfan stared at him incomprehensibly.

"While you slept, I finished his funeral. You don't have to go anymore, the tunnel is empty. The Khan turned and walked towards the arch.

A stone fell to the ground, and he was relieved at once, and the young man hurried to catch up with him, and asked in a grateful voice, "Why did you do that and not tell me?" It was you who told me that he was no different from the station in the tunnel. ”

"yes, it's all the same for me." Khan shrugged.

"But for you, it's important. I know your trip is purposeful and the road is long and difficult.

I don't know what your mission is. But if you go on your own, you won't be able to bear it. So, I decided to help you. He looked at Su Mengfan with a smile.

When they returned to the fire and sat on the crumpled canvas, Su Mengfan couldn't help but ask again: "What do you mean by my mission?" Did I talk in my sleep? ”

"No, my friend. You sleep quietly. It was my own dream that someone with the same name as me told me that someone needed help.

It told me you were coming, so I went out and brought you back while you were lying next to your friend's corpse. ”

"What?" Su Mengfan looked at him in disbelief, "I thought you heard the gunshot......"

"I heard the gunshots, there was a loud echo here. But you don't think I'm going to go into the tunnel every time I hear a gunshot, do you? If I did, I would have come to the end of my life quickly and disgracefully. This time was an exception. ”

"And who is the person with the same name as you?"

"I can't tell you who he is. I haven't seen him before or spoken to him, but you know him. You yourself should understand.

I only saw him once, and not in real life, but I quickly felt his immense power.

He ordered me to help a young man from the Northern Tunnel, and your image appeared in front of me.

It was just a dream, but it all seemed to be true.

When I woke up, I couldn't tell if it was a dream or reality. This powerful man had a shaved head and was dressed in white...... Do you know him? ”

At this time, Su Mengfan was shocked, and everything was clear.

The image Khan described was clear in his mind, and some of the names of those who rescued him were identical...... It's Hunter!

Su Mengfan had a similar dream: when he couldn't decide whether or not to go on the trip, he saw Hunter, who was not wearing the long black raincoat he wore in {Gomes City Station} on the memorable day, but in white.

"Yes, I know this person." Su Mengfan replied, he looked at Khan with new eyes.

"He invaded my dreams, and I don't usually forgive such things. But because it was him, everything was different. Khan said in distress.

"He needs my help just like you, but he didn't command me to do that, he didn't impose his will on me. But more like he was stubbornly pleading with me.

He can't get into and understand other people's minds, he's in a tough situation, very hard. But in a desperate situation, he still knows that you need help and need to rely on. So, I went to look for you. ”

Su Mengfan fell into deep thinking, and things floated in his mind one by one, dissolved one by one, and without forming a language, they sank directly into the depths of his brain.

He couldn't put it into words.

The young man hadn't said a word for a long time.

Did this man really know in advance that he was coming?

Did Hunter really inform him?

Is Hunter alive or has he become an invisible shadow?

He had to begin to believe the horrific and chaotic tale of the underworld described by the Khan - but he preferred to believe that the man was crazy.

The most important thing, though, is that the person knows the task he faces – he calls it "the mission." It may have taken him a long time to understand what it was, but he knew its importance and weight.

"Where are you going?" Khan asked Su Mengfan gently, and he looked him calmly into the eyes, as if he had read through his thoughts.

"Tell me where you're going. If it is within my means, I will help you through the next step to reach your goal. He asked me to do so. ”

"Metropolis Station," Su Mengfan said, "I'm going to Metropolis Station." ”

"And how are you going to get there from this deserted station?" Khan asked, "My friend, now you should go from {Peace Avenue Station} to Metro Circle Line 5, and then to Kursk or Kiev." ”

Su Mengfan took out the charred map. "There's a trail there, passing through it from Trubna to Ters Whitenabra.

I saw it on the map. If everything is in order, from there you can go directly to {Metropolitan Station}. ”

"Nope." Khan shook his head and said disappointedly, "You can't get to {Metropolitan Station} by that road." This map is incorrect, that was printed before the start of construction.

Above are the unbuilt subway lines and collapsed stations, where countless innocent people are buried.

They say nothing about the potential dangers and impossible journeys along the way.

Your image is of a stupid and ignorant three-year-old. Give it to me. He held out his hand.

Su Mengfan obediently handed him the piece of paper.

The Khan immediately clumped it up and threw it into the fire.

Su Mengfan felt that this was a bit excessive, but he still decided not to get angry.

Khan said, "Now, give me the map you found in your friend's backpack." ”

Su Mengfan searched among his belongings and found the map.

He wasn't in a hurry to give it to Khan, he was worried that the map would be thrown into the fire as well.

He didn't want to be guided by any map.

The Khan noticed his uneasiness and comforted him, saying, "I won't do that, don't worry.

And trust me, I'm not going to do anything for nothing. You may think some of my actions are unjustified and a little crazy.

But in fact, it was a khan who said in a hoarse voice: "It's heavy." ”

Su Mengfan shifted his attention to Khan's palm holding the card. The ground image, which weighed a kilogram, suddenly fell to the ground.

Just now, Su Mengfan didn't feel heavy when he held it, paper is paper.

"This map is much better than yours." Khan said, "The knowledge it includes makes it impossible for me to believe that it belongs to those who travel with you."

These marks contain a lot of information. It has its own story......" His words began to be incoherent.

Su Mengfan raised his eyes to look at the Khan, the Khan's forehead was covered with wrinkles, and the fire that was about to be extinguished flickered in his eyes.

His face changed a lot, Su Mengfan was a little scared, and even wanted to leave the station as soon as possible and go anywhere, even if it was the terrible tunnel he was trying to escape from.

"Give it to me." The khan is not asking, but commanding. "I'll give you another one, they don't look any different, I can give you everything you want." He continued.

"Take it, it's yours." Said disdainfully.

The Khan jerked away from the fire, and his face returned to shadow. Su Mengfan guessed that he was trying his best to restrain himself and not let him see his inner struggle.

"Look, my friend." His voice echoed in the darkness, somewhat fragile and indecisive, no longer as powerful as before.

"That's not a map. I mean it's not just a map, it's a subway navigation map.

Whoever holds this map can cross the entire subway in two days, because this map is ...... Alive.

It itself will tell you where to go and how to go. It will warn you if there is danger...... That is, it will guide you. That's why it's called a navigation map. ”

The khan approached the fire again, "I've heard of them. There are a few in the subway system, but this may be the last one. It is the property of one of the most powerful magicians of this declining era. ”

"The guy in the deepest part of the subway?" Su Mengfan decided to show Khan his knowledge, but immediately stopped. Because the Khan's face became gloomy.

"Don't talk nonsense about what you don't know! You don't know what's going on in the deepest part of the subway – even me, only a small part of it. God does not allow us to know.

But I swear, everything that's going on here is completely different from what your friend said. Don't repeat other people's boring whims, you'll pay for it, and it's not about navigating the map. ”

"Well, no matter what," Su Mengfan hurriedly agreed with him, he didn't want to miss any opportunity to shift to the topic of security.

"You can save this navigation. After all, I don't know how to use it. I'm so grateful that you saved me, and I can't repay you even if I give you this navigation. ”

"That's true." The wrinkles on Khan's face widened, and his voice softened again.